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A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named `Flortunpimorn`,
characterized by its pink and white bi-colored flowers, medium
green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact, semi-upright
growth habit, is disclosed.

Inventors:

Braeunig; Tobias; (Quedlinburg, DE)

Applicant:

Name

City

State

Country

Type

Florensis B.V.

Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht

NL

Appl. No.:

14/545608

Filed:

May 28, 2015

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number

Filing Date

Patent Number

62125383

Jan 20, 2015

Current U.S. Class:

PLT/356.13

Class at Publication:

PLT/356.13

International Class:

A01H 5/00 20060101 A01H005/00

Claims

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named `Flortunpimorn`,
substantially as herein illustrated and described.

[0004] The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Petunia plant botanically known as Petunia.times.hybrida and hereinafter
referred to by the cultivar name `Flortunpimorn`.

[0005] The new cultivar originated in a controlled breeding program in
Quedlinburg, Germany during May 2009. The objective of the breeding
program was the development of Petunia cultivars with single-type
flowers, unique flower coloration and patterns, and compact, semi-upright
growth habit.

[0006] The new Petunia cultivar is the result of cross-pollination. The
female (seed) parent of the new cultivar is the proprietary
Petunia.times.hybrida breeding selection coded 4107-2, not patented,
characterized by its light pink-purple colored flowers, medium
green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact semi-upright
growth habit. The male (pollen) parent of the new cultivar is the
proprietary Petunia.times.hybrida breeding selection coded 4240-1, not
patented, characterized by its white-colored flowers having a light pink
star, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact,
upright growth habit. The new cultivar was discovered and selected as a
single flowering plant within the progeny of the above stated
cross-pollination during April 2010 in a controlled environment in
Quedlinburg, Germany.

[0007] Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal stem cuttings
since April 2010 in Quedlinburg, Germany; Arroyo Grande, Calif.; and West
Chicago, Ill. has demonstrated that the new cultivar reproduces true to
type with all of the characteristics, as herein described, firmly fixed
and retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0008] The following characteristics of the new cultivar have been
repeatedly observed and can be used to distinguish `Flortunpimorn` as a
new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant:

[0009] 1. Pink and white bi-colored flowers;

[0010] 2. Medium green-colored foliage; and

[0011] 3. Moderately vigorous, compact, semi-upright growth habit.

[0012] Plants of the new cultivar differ from plants of the female and
male parents primarily in flower color and pattern and in having a more
compact, semi-upright growth habit.

[0013] Of the many commercially available Petunia cultivars, the most
similar in comparison to the new cultivar is Sweetunia Strawberry Morning
`Dueswebermo`, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,672. However, in side by side
comparisons, plants of the new cultivar differ from plants of
`Dueswebermo` in at least the following characteristics:

[0014] 1. Plants of the new cultivar have a flower color pattern that is
different from plants of `Dueswebermo`; and

[0015] 2. Plants of the new cultivar have an inner surface corolla tube
color darker than plants of `Dueswebermo`.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

[0016] The accompanying photographs show, as nearly true as it is
reasonably possible to make the same in color illustrations of this type,
typical flower and foliage characteristics of the new cultivar. Colors in
the photographs differ slightly from the color values cited in the
detailed description, which accurately describes the colors of
`Flortunpimorn`. The plants were grown in 4.5-inch pots for 9 weeks in a
greenhouse in Arroyo Grande, Calif.

[0017] FIG. 1 illustrates a side view of the overall growth and flowering
habit of `Flortunpimorn`.

[0018] FIG. 2 illustrates a close-up view of an individual flower of
`Flortunpimorn`.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

[0019] The new cultivar has not been observed under all possible
environmental conditions to date. Accordingly, it is possible that the
phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in the environment, such as
temperature, light intensity, and day length, without, however, any
variance in genotype.

[0020] The chart used in the identification of colors described herein is
The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London,
England, 2007 edition, except where general color terms of ordinary
significance are used. The color values were determined in April 2015
under natural light conditions in West Chicago, Ill.